Health Promotion and Community Engagement Supervisor

MSF Spain is looking for a  Health Promotion and Community Engagement Supervisor (HPCE)-Pool in  Hebron with the support and guidance of the HPCE Manager, responsible for implementing the HPCE strategy / workplan, with community participation, and supervising the HPCE activities and HP teams working in the communities or the health facilities, according to the project objectives, MSF values, standards and procedures

We expect you to share our humanitarian values to offer assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. In MSF we treat our beneficiaries with dignity, and with respect for their cultural and religious beliefs.

Accountabilities:

HPCE strategy, activities and monitoring:

• Actively contribute to the design/adaptation of the HPCE strategy / workplan.
• Lead and follow up on the implementation of the HPCE strategy / workplan, according to the chronogram.
• Support participatory approaches and regular patient/community consultations before and during implementation of the HPCE strategy.
• Organizing health awareness sessions for MSF's medical and non-medical staff
• Support in the design of health education materials and participatory methods, applying the right process (pretesting, validation of content, translation).
• Contribute to rapid assessments and surveys.
• Actively support in the systematic collection, encoding and reporting of community feedback and rumours.
• Support the implementation of community-based surveillance (data collection, active case finding, tracing, linkage to care.

• Team management:

  • Contribute to evaluation of the HP team (with the HPCE manager).
  • Contribute to the development plan for the HP team.
  • Training: Contribute to the needs assessment, design, and implementation of training for the HP team, in collaboration with the HPCE manager.
  • Organize regular and systematic supervision of the HP activities and provide on the job-coaching.
• Organise and participate with the HPCEM on regular basis meetings with community leaders/members including key focal persons and actors to facilitate understanding of MSF services, engagment in needs assessments and building acceptance.
• Ensure weekly supervision of CHWs including reporting, monitoring feedback and sharing in a timely manner with the HPCEM, reporting challenges encountered including tracking of rumours or other information of pertinence to MSF operations.
• Plan on a weekly basis meetings with other actors to map services in collaboration with the HPCEM.
• Plan with the HPO and CHEs health education sessions for CHE in Hebron governorate and CHW areas
• Ensure data collected either for assessments, surveys (PESS, understanding surveys) etc are properly registered in HPCE database.
• Provide inputs and ensure pre-testing of health education materials according to protocols.

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Education

Desirable: bachelor diploma in social sciences, social work, behavioural sciences, public health, community health, nursing. Essential: secondary school diploma.

Experience

• Essential: At least 2 years’ experience in: • health promotion  • team management experience  • program implementation Experience qualitative methodology is highly desirable.

Languages                      

Essential: Arabic and English.

Knowledge 

• Basic competencies in word and excel are essential

Competencies

• Results and Quality Orientation • Team management skills • Training skills • Organisational skils • Stress Management • Negotiation skills at community level  • Autonomous and initiative taking  • Strong IT skills (excell, word) • Reporting skills • Skills in participatory approaches • Strategic / analytical skills are desirable

Conditions

We require all applicants to write a cover letter containing an introduction of yourself, explaining why you are applying for the position, and explaining why you think you are suitable for the position. Failure of submitting this letter would make the application invalid and the application would not be considered.

All documents of application must be in English.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter including aforementioned instructions in English 

HPCES 

The deadline for application is 21/01/2025.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for technical test and interview.

All the steps of the recruitment will be done in ENGLISH